萬邦

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	a state; country or nation
trad. (萬邦)		萬	邦
simp. (万邦)		万	邦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànbāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànbāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànbang
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-pang¹
    • Yale: wàn-bāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannbang
    • Palladius: ваньбан (vanʹban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH paewng

Rime
Character	萬	邦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	無販切	博江切
Baxter	mjonH	paewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/	/pˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/pᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/pɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/paɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/pɔŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/pɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/pɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	bāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6	bong1

Noun

萬邦

1. (literary) the world.

   Synonym: 天下 (tiānxià)

   • 儀刑文王、萬邦作孚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     仪刑文王、万邦作孚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yí xíng Wénwáng, wànbāng zuò fú. [Pinyin]

     Take your pattern from King Wen, and the myriad regions will repose confidence in you.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬邦):

• → Japanese: 萬(ばん)邦(ぽう) (banpō)
• → Korean: 만방(萬邦) (manbang)
• → Vietnamese: vạn bang (萬邦)